Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia explained

Post:	Vice President of the Government
Body:	Croatia
Native Name:
Insignia:	Coat of arms of Croatia.svg
Insigniasize:	105px
Insigniacaption:	Coat of Arms of Croatia
Incumbentsince:	17 January 2023, 19 July 2019, 15 July 2022, 8 May 2020 and 29 April 2022
Appointer:	Prime Minister of Croatia
Formation:	31 May 1990
Termlength:	At the pleasure of the Prime Minister and the parliamentary majority
Inaugural:	Bernardo Jurlina, Mate Babić and Milan Ramljak

The deputy prime minister of Croatia (officially the Vice President of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, Croatian: Potpredsjednik Vlade Republike Hrvatske) is the official deputy of the Prime Minister of Croatia. Article 109 of the Constitution of Croatia states that the cabinet is to be made up of the Prime Minister, one or more deputy prime ministers and other cabinet ministers. According to convention, if the governing parliamentary majority is a coalition of parties, all junior partners in the coalition will usually be given one deputy prime minister in the cabinet, with their rank usually being determined by the number of MPs the party has in Parliament. The deputy prime ministers are permitted to simultaneously hold a ministerial portfolio while in office, but may also serve without holding such a portfolio.

The Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia is not the constitutional successor of the Prime Minister and will not automatically assume the post of Prime Minister in the event of a vacancy. However, the Deputy Prime Minister may chair cabinet meetings in the event of the Prime Minister becoming temporarily incapacitated or otherwise unable to chair the meetings of his or her government cabinet.

History of the office

The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia was established on 31 May 1990, during the government of Stjepan Mesić. It was initially held by three people: Bernardo Jurlina, Mate Babić and Milan Ramljak. Since then 47 individuals have held the office, usually holding it simultaneously with several other people (e.g. the government of Jadranka Kosor at one point had six Deputy Prime Ministers). In addition, Deputy Prime Ministers may choose to combine their post with another government portfolio.

The current cabinet (in office since 23 July 2020) has five Deputy Prime Ministers: Davor Božinović (since 2019), Tomo Medved (since 2020), Anja Šimpraga (since 2022), Oleg Butković (since 2022), and Branko Bačić (since 2023). They are all member of the Croatian Democratic Union, except Šimpraga, who is member of the Independent Democratic Serb Party.

List of deputy prime ministers

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Cabinet of Stjepan Mesić (1990)

	Picture	Name	Term of Office		Political Party
		Bernardo Jurlina	31 May 1990	24 August 1990	Croatian Democratic Union
		Mate Babić	31 May 1990	24 August 1990	Croatian Democratic Union
		Milan Ramljak	31 May 1990	24 August 1990	Croatian Democratic Union

Cabinet of Josip Manolić (1990–1991)

	Picture	Name	Term of Office		Political Party
		Bernardo Jurlina	24 August 1990	4 March 1991	Croatian Democratic Union
		Mate Babić	24 August 1990	8 November 1990	Croatian Democratic Union
		Milan Ramljak	24 August 1990	17 July 1991	Croatian Democratic Union
		Franjo Gregurić	8 November 1990	17 July 1991	Croatian Democratic Union

Cabinet of Franjo Gregurić (1991–1992)

	Picture	Name	Term of Office		Political Party
		Milan Ramljak	17 July 1991	12 August 1992	Croatian Democratic Union
		Mate Granić	31 July 1991	12 August 1992	Croatian Democratic Union
		Zdravko Tomac	31 July 1991	26 June 1992	Social Democratic Party
		Jurica Pavelić	15 November 1991	12 August 1992	Croatian Democratic Union

Cabinet of Hrvoje Šarinić (1992–1993)

	Picture	Name	Term of Office		Political Party
		Mate Granić	12 August 1992	3 April 1993	Croatian Democratic Union
		Vladimir Šeks	12 August 1992	3 April 1993	Croatian Democratic Union
		Darko Čargonja	12 August 1992	29 December 1992	Croatian Democratic Union
		Ivan Milas	27 August 1992	3 April 1993	Croatian Democratic Union
		Mladen Vedriš	29 December 1992	3 April 1993	Croatian Democratic Union

Cabinet of Nikica Valentić (1993–1995)

	Picture	Name	Term of Office		Political Party
		Mate Granić	3 April 1993	7 November 1995	Croatian Democratic Union
		Vladimir Šeks	3 April 1993	20 September 1994	Croatian Democratic Union
		Borislav Škegro	3 April 1993	7 November 1995	Croatian Democratic Union
		Ivica Kostović	12 October 1993	7 November 1995	Croatian Democratic Union
		Jure Radić	18 October 1994	7 November 1995	Croatian Democratic Union
		Bosiljko Mišetić	11 May 1995	7 November 1995	Croatian Democratic Union

Cabinet of Zlatko Mateša (1995–2000)

	Picture	Name	Term of Office		Political Party
		Borislav Škegro	7 November 1995	27 January 2000	Croatian Democratic Union
		Ivica Kostović	7 November 1995	14 October 1998	Croatian Democratic Union
		Jure Radić	7 November 1995	27 January 2000	Croatian Democratic Union
		Ljerka Mintas-Hodak	7 November 1995	27 January 2000	Croatian Democratic Union
		Milan Ramljak	14 May 1998	13 April 1999	Croatian Democratic Union

First and Second cabinet of Ivica Račan (2000–2003)

	Picture	Name	Term of Office		Political Party
		Goran Granić	27 January 2000	21 March 2002	Croatian Social Liberal Party
		Željka Antunović	27 January 2000	23 December 2003	Social Democratic Party
		Slavko Linić	27 January 2000	23 December 2003	Social Democratic Party
		Dražen Budiša	21 March 2002	30 July 2002	Croatian Social Liberal Party
		Goran Granić	30 July 2002	23 December 2003	Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats
		Ante Simonić	30 July 2002	23 December 2003	Croatian Peasant Party

First and Second cabinet of Ivo Sanader (2003–2009)

	Picture	Name	Term of Office		Political Party
		Jadranka Kosor	23 December 2003	6 July 2009	Croatian Democratic Union
		Andrija Hebrang	23 December 2003	15 February 2005	Croatian Democratic Union
		Damir Polančec	17 February 2005	6 July 2009	Croatian Democratic Union
		Đurđa Adlešič	12 January 2008	6 July 2009	Croatian Social Liberal Party
		Slobodan Uzelac	12 January 2008	6 July 2009	Independent Democratic Serb Party

Cabinet of Jadranka Kosor (2009–2011)

	Picture	Name	Term of Office		Political Party
		Damir Polančec	6 July 2009	30 October 2009	Croatian Democratic Union
		Đurđa Adlešič	6 July 2009	12 October 2010	Croatian Social Liberal Party
		Slobodan Uzelac	6 July 2009	23 December 2011	Independent Democratic Serb Party
		Božidar Pankretić	6 July 2009	23 December 2011	Croatian Peasant Party
		Ivan Šuker	19 November 2009	29 December 2010	Croatian Democratic Union
		Darko Milinović	19 November 2009	23 December 2011	Croatian Democratic Union
		Domagoj Ivan Milošević	29 December 2010	23 December 2011	Croatian Democratic Union
		Petar Čobanković	29 December 2010	23 December 2011	Croatian Democratic Union
		Gordan Jandroković	29 December 2010	23 December 2011	Croatian Democratic Union

Cabinet of Zoran Milanović (2011–2016)

	Picture	Name	Term of Office		Political Party
		Radimir Čačić	23 December 2011	14 November 2012	Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats
		Neven Mimica	23 December 2011	1 July 2013^[1]	Social Democratic Party
		Branko Grčić	23 December 2011	22 January 2016	Social Democratic Party
		Milanka Opačić	23 December 2011	22 January 2016	Social Democratic Party
		Vesna Pusić	16 November 2012	22 January 2016	Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats
		Ranko Ostojić	15 July 2013	22 January 2016	Social Democratic Party

Cabinet of Tihomir Orešković (2016)

	Picture	Name	Term of Office		Political Party
		Tomislav Karamarko	22 January 2016	15 June 2016	Croatian Democratic Union
		Božo Petrov	22 January 2016	19 October 2016	Bridge of Independent Lists

First, Second and Thrid cabinet of Andrej Plenković (2016–present)

	Picture	Name	Term of Office		Political Party
		Ivan Kovačić	19 October 2016	28 April 2017	Bridge of Independent Lists
		Davor Ivo Stier	19 October 2016	19 June 2017	Croatian Democratic Union
		Damir Krstičević	19 October 2016	8 May 2020	Croatian Democratic Union
		Martina Dalić	19 October 2016	14 May 2018	Croatian Democratic Union
		Predrag Štromar	9 June 2017	23 July 2020	Croatian People's Party-Liberal Democrats
		Marija Pejčinović Burić	19 June 2017	19 July 2019	Croatian Democratic Union
		Tomislav Tolušić	25 May 2018	17 July 2019	Croatian Democratic Union
		Zdravko Marić	19 July 2019	5 July 2022	Independent
		Davor Božinović	19 July 2019	Incumbent	Croatian Democratic Union
		Tomo Medved	23 July 2020	Incumbent	Croatian Democratic Union
		Boris Milošević	23 July 2020	29 April 2022	Independent Democratic Serb Party
		Anja Šimpraga	29 April 2022	17 May 1024	Independent Democratic Serb Party
		Oleg Butković	15 July 2022	Incumbent	Croatian Democratic Union
		Branko Bačić	17 January 2023	Incumbent	Croatian Democratic Union
		Ivan Anušić	17 May 2024	Incumbent	Croatian Democratic Union
		Marko Primorac	17 May 2024	Incumbent	Independent
		Josip Dabro	17 May 2024	Incumbent	Homeland Movement

See also

• List of cabinets of Croatia

Notes and References

1. Resigned to become European Commissioner for Consumer Protection in the European Commission, the first Croatian European Commissioner since the country's accession to the European Union.